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Photography

Hilton Vienna

The people behind the brand

[2021–2026]

Client
Hilton
Location
Vienna
Scope
Photo series (2026), 80 video clips and photo series (2021)
Role
Photography (2026), creative direction & photography (2021)

Twice I have photographed the people who work at Hilton in Vienna. In August 2026 for a new series, one day through the whole hotel: front door, reception, banquet hall, kitchen, terrace, rooms and bar. And in 2021 for an HR campaign that I produced with the creative agency Perspective.

Credits
  • Agency Perspective
Seen from the back seat, a doorman in a navy waistcoat holds the car door open and laughs, the Hilton sign above the entrance behind him.
A receptionist in a navy waistcoat beams at a guest across the front desk, seen over the guest's shoulder.
A waitress carrying a coffee tray smiles down at a woman working on a tablet in a lounge with blue armchairs.
A hotel employee shows a laughing woman something on a tablet in a ballroom with rows of chairs and large, colourful wall panels.
A waitress in a dark suit leans over a festively laid table to adjust a glass, smiling, more wine glasses hanging from her other hand.
In a kitchen with teal tiles, a cook hands two small bowls on a board to a colleague in a striped apron; both are laughing.
A waitress in black serves a slice of cake with berries to a smiling woman in a restaurant booth; a man sits blurred in the foreground.
On a terrace above the treetops, a waitress pours orange juice and laughs with two women at a breakfast table, city buildings behind them.
In a hotel room, a man in a grey blazer checks the bed linen at eye level while a colleague watches with a smile; a church spire outside.
A receptionist behind her desk and a colleague holding a chrome luggage trolley look at each other and laugh.
A bartender in a black shirt smiles as he strains a cocktail into a martini glass; a pink drink stands beside it on the bar.

2021: HR, done differently

An HR campaign with a difference for Hilton's three hotels in Vienna. With 80 video clips and an extensive photo series we took an honest look behind the scenes of the hotel brand and put the spotlight on the people who give it its flair and quality.

Chef flambéing in an open hotel kitchen, flames rising from the pan
Two women in uniform posing on a chrome luggage trolley under a Hilton sign
Employee sitting on a chair on a hand truck in the hotel lobby
Employee posing with one arm raised in front of the restaurant at night